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Donald Glover is an American actor, singer, rapper, comedian and writer, better known by his stage name Childish Gambino.

He’s also known as mcDJ when he performs as a DJ.

But where did he get the name Childish Gambino from and why is he called that?

There are countless musicians who adopt a stage name – Sting’s real name is Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner while Elton John’s is Reginald Kenneth Dwight – and you’d think they’d spent days, if not weeks, pondering their new moniker.